finkipedia ('07, blog) **1/2 witty comments on ordinary life

not sure who really reads the tv listings in the paper anymore, but i'm glad they're still printed. the increase in channels and the prime real estate of the newspaper page has forced the consolidation of the listings down to usually a 1/2 page. for some reason, the powers that be still find it necessary to include not just the name of the program but as much pertinent information about it as the space will allow. this means that most listings get 3 to 10 word descriptions that are rarely useful but often hilarious. no true gems in today's paper, but some good ones nonetheless (the asterisks represent ratings stars):

• scifi, 8:00pm lake placid 2 ('07) * giant crocodiles
• scifi, 11:00pm eye of the beast ('07) squid eats profits
• nbc, 10:00pm law & order "by perjury" airline plaintiff murdered TV-PG (HD)
  
• tcm, 8:00 pm rocky ('76, drama) sylvester stallone. a boxer trains for a championship fight
• max, 8:00pm meet the parents ('00, comedy) *** a man meets his girlfriend's parents
• starz, 11:00pm the game plan ('07) quarterback dad
• versus, 8:00pm PBR bullriding "birmingham" (taped)